Kind of a Poll - Read the First Post - What's the "Tilt" in Stack and "Tilt"?

[Rob]

The "tilt' is the groove you get into reaching for cold beer in the cooler on the back nine,after 8 on the front. The "stack" is your beer cans,waiting for a trash can. Seriously,how many "stack and tilt" pros do you see on the weekend, commercials excluded??????

[david_wedzik]

Seriously,how many "stack and tilt" pros do you see on the weekend, commercials excluded??????

Seriously...5-10 or so every weekend...commercials excluded...thanks for asking.

[Chefoz]

I'm guessing it has to do with the swing...Stack you weight and tilt your hips?
I guess Ill find out

[dummyisdumb]

The tilt is the tilt of your left shoulder towards the ground to help stack your weight on your left foot.

[uttexas]

The tilt is the shoulder/arm motion throughout the swing.

My answer is probably wrong--don't know much about S&T.;

[WUTiger]

Tilt refers to the spine angle. I'm not sure how all the spine angle dynamics play out in S&T;, however.

[TakeDeadAim]

OK, now it's time for my response.

Wow !! Nice post explaining the S&T.; But it is not fair that you asked us for the very first thing that came to our minds to define it. Most of us just summarized it in one phrase following your instructions....

So, in one phrase... what is S&T; to you?

[mm6840]

It' one of Effective methods for/to extend the spine during golf swing.

[ND Fan]

What it means to me is...

meaningless crap. Every few years somebody comes out with the latest and greatest thing. 5 years from now no one will remeber or hear much about stack and tilt. It's bee that way in golf forever.

[goblue107501]

I honestly have no idea. Quite frankly I don't really care.

[iacas]

Wow!! Nice post explaining the S&T.....; So, in one phrase... what is S&T; to you?

Didn't I just answer it? You said I explained it - or this part of it. So, I'm done...

But it is not fair that you asked us for the very first thing that came to our minds to define it. Most of us just summarized it in one phrase following your instructions....

"Not fair"? It was an exercise. I was mildly interested in the results because I thought a lot of people were still under the impression that golfers were tilting towards the target a lot on the backswing (and fewer thought that "tilt" meant "towards the ball"). Maybe some of those people know more now.

Also, I didn't as you to summarize it one phrase. I said "To the best of your ability, how would you describe what "tilt" in "Stack and Tilt" means?" There are no limits on that. If someone wanted to write. I'm comfortable with my understanding of S&T.; For an in-depth discussion we have another thread if you're interested. If you're not, it can end here for you if you'd like.

meaningless crap. Every few years somebody comes out with the latest and greatest thing. 5 years from now no one will remeber or hear much about stack and tilt. It's bee that way in golf forever.

It's already been three years, they've put a DVD out, and now a book is coming. They teach more players on Tour than anyone else, and one of their students just shot the all-time best 36 hole score in the history of the PGA Tour.

How much would you care to bet we won't be hearing about it in two more years? In other words, knock off the trolling. It's pointless and lame.

[david_wedzik]

What it means to me is...

And oh btw...the GD article came out 2+ years ago...Mike and Andy have been teaching this model or major parts of it for longer than 5 years already...I guess if someone had said, "5 years from now know one will remember", 5 years ago that person would have been wrong.

Dave

[Leftygolfer]

Regardless of if you model your swing after a classic swing, the modern swing, or stack and tilt there is something to be learned from what is taught in S&T.; I would guess that most people don't use there weight well and taking some of that movement out will instantly make them more consistant. I don't have the time or money to really go through a big swing change but I know I am a better wedge player than mid iron player and the one thought I have when I am playing well is just stay on top of the ball hit down on it. I hit the ball plenty far with this method and should (wish it was just that easy) to use that same swing for every iron in my bag because I have a better impact condition taking a good divot.

[bman1313]

your spine angle will be tilted towards the target.